{"id":10499,"date":"2015-08-26T13:28:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2021-08-30T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:32:38","slug":"why-my-local-library-rocks-manly_council-bookweek-authortalk-kidscancerproj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/why-my-local-library-rocks-manly_council-bookweek-authortalk-kidscancerproj\/","title":{"rendered":"Why My Local Library Rocks! @Manly_Council #BookWeek #AuthorTalk @KidsCancerProj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This fantastic library meme is going around at the moment, reminding everyone about the valuable role libraries still play in our lives:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10500\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shapter-Library-Uses-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10500\" class=\"wp-image-10500 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shapter-Library-Uses-Today.jpg\" alt=\"CREDIT: Chris OBrion - http:\/\/chrisobrion.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shapter-Library-Uses-Today.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shapter-Library-Uses-Today-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CREDIT: Chris OBrion &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisobrion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chrisobrion.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I agree! Not only do I love libraries, their studious calm and mind-expending resources, but they&#8217;ve provided a safe haven for me many times over the years \u2013 from studying at school and university, to enabling me to still work during power failures, grabbing an extra hour of writing time during a busy day at work, giving my children access to books and DVDs we couldn&#8217;t otherwise afford to hire, and connecting with similar others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manly.nsw.gov.au\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manly Library<\/a>, one of my amazing local libraries, has enabled me to connect with a whole host of young writers recently through the <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/young-writers-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free writing workshops<\/a> I&#8217;ve organised to reach out to those with a passion for writing and\/or those who turn to words when times are tough, no matter what their socioeconomic background (the next one&#8217;s on <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/young-writers-workshop\/\">Tuesday 22nd September<\/a>!).<\/p>\n<p>Today I get to reach out again, this time to young readers as well as writers \u2013 through a free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manly.nsw.gov.au\/council\/news\/news\/childrens-book-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author talk at Manly Library<\/a> in celebration of book week. Thanks to Manly Library, I&#8217;ll be talking about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the publishing industry<\/li>\n<li>how to get words into print<\/li>\n<li>how to write a book in a day<\/li>\n<li>the two award-winning books <i><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/a-dolphin-for-naia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Dolphin for Naia<\/a><\/i> &amp; <i><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/scribbles-in-the-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribbles in the Dark<\/a><\/i>, and<\/li>\n<li>writing journeys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So if you or your young reader(s) have some free time between 4pm and 5pm today, come and munch on some popcorn, enjoy the studious calm and support reading, writing and all things library!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/nbwg-books\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10503\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/KidsCancerProject_Logo_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"KidsCancerProject_Logo_CMYK\" width=\"294\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>If you have a few dollars spare too, I&#8217;ll be selling copies of the award-winning books <i><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/a-dolphin-for-naia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Dolphin for Naia<\/a><\/i> &amp; <i><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/scribbles-in-the-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scribbles in the Dark<\/a><\/i> to raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekidscancerproject.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kids&#8217; Cancer Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t make it but still want to help sick kids? You can! Just click on the link below, select \u2018Northern Beaches Writers\u2019 Group\u2019 and donate what you can spare to support research into children&#8217;s cancers. Every little bit helps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeabookinaday.com\/findschools.php?state=NSW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate to The Kids&#8217; Cancer Project via WABIAD!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You get a receipt to use at tax time!<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, why not purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/scribbles-in-the-dark\/\"><em>Scribbles in the Dark<\/em> <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/a-dolphin-for-naia\/\"><em>A Dolphin for Naia<\/em><\/a> from your favourite online retailer (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zena-Shapter\/e\/B00Q3KBNNO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>) in either print or ebook? Sales from these books go towards The Kids\u2019 Cancer Project too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fantastic library meme is going around at the moment, reminding everyone about the valuable role libraries still play in our lives: I agree! Not only do I love libraries, their studious calm and mind-expending resources, but they&#8217;ve provided a safe haven for me many times over the years \u2013\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/why-my-local-library-rocks-manly_council-bookweek-authortalk-kidscancerproj\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[1339,940,1342,1340,893,1341,976,1004,637,687,707,1343],"class_list":["post-10499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australian-authors","category-bookish-inspection","tag-bookweek","tag-a-dolphin-for-naia","tag-author-talk","tag-book-week","tag-free","tag-manly-council","tag-manly-library","tag-scribbles-in-the-dark","tag-the-kids-cancer-project","tag-wabiad","tag-write-a-book-in-a-day","tag-writing-workshop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shapter-Library-Uses-Today.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10499"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14230,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions\/14230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}